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Lorraine Beavers vs Sir John Whittingdale

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Lorraine Beavers and Sir John Whittingdale voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 303 shared comparable votes.

5 same votes 298 different votes 303 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
1 Aye 4 No
Democracy / Parliament 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
14 Aye 13 No
Crime / Justice 7% aligned 27 shared votes
11 Aye 16 No
12 Aye 5 No
Benefits 6% aligned 17 shared votes
4 Aye 13 No
37 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
Most different by topic
37 Aye 35 No
Tax 0% aligned 72 shared votes
35 Aye 37 No
24 Aye 10 No
Education 0% aligned 34 shared votes
10 Aye 24 No
23 Aye 7 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 30 shared votes
7 Aye 23 No
16 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
5 Aye 16 No
10 Aye 6 No
Housing 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

86.3%
14% above average
Rank 71 of 649
Participation
80.5%
8% above average
Rank 187 of 649
509
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,913
2,376 eligible divisions
268
52.7% of votes cast
Aye votes
915
47.8% of votes cast
241
47.3% of votes cast
No votes
998
52.2% of votes cast
9
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
34 years, 5 months
Since 9 Apr 1992

Debates

68
-15.7 vs Commons average
Rank 332 of 649
Appearances
78
-5.7 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 649
85
-60.9 vs Commons average
Rank 388 of 649
Contributions
112
-33.9 vs Commons average
Rank 301 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£199,406
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,404,047
all imported IPSA years
£199,406
12% below average
Latest expenses
£243,709
8% above average
2
1 registered category
Registered interests
9
5 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Housing
32 of 32 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
#2
Migration
157 of 171 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#3
Trade
82 of 91 votes
NHS / Health
11 of 11 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
4 of 4 votes
#5
Defence
59 of 71 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API